Lincoln-Douglas this was not, but Ann Coulter vs Bill Maher tonight at the Wang Center was certainly entertaining. I didn’t know the format of the event, and I wasn’t even sure if it was going to be a debate or not. How do you debate Ann Coulter? How do you debate Bill Maher for that mat...

This week we’ll get to see the White House explosion that they prematurely previewed 2 weeks ago and Jack Bauer’s JBKC is at 24. I’m expecting that will rise significantly this week. Also predicting a death for Bill Buchanan, and maybe Senator Meyers and Aaron Pierce as well. We mi...

Ryan Avent explains one theory why suburban developments are marked by disconnected streets and cul-de-sacs: The logic behind cul-de-sacs is easy to understand. Roads in suburbs, unlike roads in cities, are for personal automobiles and personal automobiles only — there is no sense of a mode sharin...

From The Big Picture, “For about 100% of the market value of Citi, plus insurance guarantees worth of as much as 500% of its value (~$275 billion), we got less than 1/10 of a company that in total was worth 1/5 of our investment.” ### Possibly related posts: Blog-linked firings I work fo...

#078 No Agenda for Sunday March 8th 2009 100% Guaranteed Zero Yanni   100% Guaranteed Zero Yanni   Daylight Savings   13 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Daylight Saving Time - US News and World Report   "With the ability to set the clocks back they have mastered the space/time c...

I don’t know what’s more remarkable, how often I’ve heard of the 3G iPhones crapping out because of hardware issues or how easy it is to get a new phone from the Genius Bar at the Apple Store when it does. Seriously, this seems like the hidden story of the 3G phone. My guess is App...

You know, sing along to the tune of “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Lone Star Ball makes the case that the premise of several Seinfeld episodes wouldn’t work today. The existence of cell phones reduces the number of loony situations any one group of friends can get into. While IR...

John Cole knocks it out of the park today connecting the first scene of the first season of The Wire to the truly maddening situation of people responsible for this mess capitalizing on said mess. Suspect: I’m sayin’, every Friday night in an alley behind the Cut Rate, we rollin’ bones, you kn...

Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com ( click to enlarge ) CIEN - Fiber-optic telecommunications equipment maker Ciena Corp. reported its first-quarter results today. The company posted a loss of $24.5 million for its first quarter on a steep drop in sales and hefty charges related to its restructur...

Facebook adopts "copy to win" strategy. 14.8 billion views in Jan. Wow. Cook county sues Craigslist over Erotic Services. Blackberry App Store opens. eeePC in a keyboard coming. DTV coupon program back on track. CeBit underway. New word Sext as in sext message. Sponsor Squarespace.com code...